No, I read it last year.Have not read before? Beware of the sisters.
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No, I read it last year.Have not read before? Beware of the sisters.
Loved this book! She writes wonderfully here, keeping the 'heart' of Dracula (the novel) in her writing style.Anyone interested in good Vampire stories should try Elisabeth Kostovas The Historian. An update of the dracula story with a different angle and twist to it. Well written creepy little tale.
Read when it first came out, had her autograph for me; a wonderful birthday present from my sister. Awesome story.Anyone interested in good Vampire stories should try Elisabeth Kostovas The Historian. An update of the dracula story with a different angle and twist to it. Well written creepy little tale.
So funny! I think exactly the opposite The first edit took out stuff that was weak (the entire The Kid storyline) or unnecessary to the extensive narrative (the extra Trashcan Man material). For me, the expanded edition was full of unnecessary fluff. Ah, the wonders of differing perspective That's part of my joy in coming here: to get another view of things about which I feel passionate.When they first put out The Stand, they made Stephen edit out something like 400 pages! I did not like this version. Years later, they reprinted The Stand and added back in those 400 pages -- much better book.
I cried when he took her up in the plane.....
Just finished "The Dark Half". Had not read this SK book, and found it at a garage sale this past spring. As much as I love reading King, I can't say this novel did much for me. I could never get excited about the story, or the characters, either. Guess they can't all be "the best yet"!! That said, I did enjoy the commentary on writers and writing throughout the book.
Me too.Rose Madder.
Always a good one to pick up!Me too.
I really liked All the Light We Cannot See, I hope you do, too!I finished Station Eleven, by Emily St John Mandel. It's a dystopian novel, but it doesn't follow the usual tropes. The focus is on a handful of characters and the author deftly ventures back and forth before and after " The Collapse" and asks questions not usually found in most apocalyptic stories. And what was more disconcerting for me was that large parts of the story were set in Toronto on either side of the virus that decimates 99 percent of the population.
I also read Maigret and the Loner. I'd never read anything by Georges Simenon. It was a lot of fun.
And finally. I started All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. It's pretty amazing so far! And still engrossed by Natchez Burning and marvel at Mr Iles ability to keep up the narrative drive.